danstorm

So sick... I've been jealous all winter, despite spending two long weekends in Southern Vt. this winter

I'm trying to convince the family for one last trip up to Stowe... And want to play hookey and get one final big ski day for myself

12z GFS extends ski season in a big way

Winds really kicking up the last hour here... with mod snow falling - this is the most exciting part of this multifaceted event. Great snow growth and likely 2.5-3" since the flip a few hours ago. We had 16 hours of light snow adding up to 4" then an inch and a half of sleet of varying intensity (mixed with some zr) over 12 hours adding up to 1.5, then a dramatic flip to S/S+. New England at its finest

I'd call this a pretty big synoptic storm

Turning to snow now as 850 low clears our longitude Fgen enhancing a bit We may get 2-3" on the back end after a messy 5-6

So sick

Most sleet I've seen since VD 2007 while living in Boston Literally 12 hours straight in S VT (Wilmington) Shut out of skiing for faux icing threat - closed all the summit lifts at Mt Snow while we got slotted this morning and had freezing drizzle Yesterday was awesome though up here

Looks to wrap with a few hours of decent snow as the 850 mb low clears out longitude and a spoke of fgen swings through.

5" snow/sleet here in S VT (Wilmington) We got about 4 overnight, then mod sleet then it largely shut off for a while. Unfortunately, the dry slot resulted in a bit of FZDZ mixing with the light sleet (and needles, it really was a kitchen sink situation) around 930-11 am - we arrived at the slopes around 10 just as they closed all express lifts because of ice So we turned around and left (the line for the non-bunny lift was easily 90 min). The Moover bus took about 40 min to get us back and around 1230, I heard they re-opened several good lifts. Worst part is there was very little icing at all. May try to get a few runs tomorrow but it will be 7 degrees with high wind. Frustrating!

Wow, after putting down 6-8" of snow, RGEM drops 0.5-0.75" of QPF as sleet for portions of CNE. That is a high impact event!

Well, it seems like the slopes did not get completely hammered yesterday. Looks fast, smooth, and not too slick on the Mt. Snow cams. Tomorrow looks to be a pretty good day, if crowded. Storm now looks like 5-7" of snow then a lot of sleet ending as FZDZ/FZRA. Hopefully lift operations are not disrupted, conditions should be great. Monday will be absolutely frigid, we'll see if we make it out at all!

Well said and agree

Will, mind posting a map?

Looks reasonable

Reggie warmer, primary gets further north

Icon is a huge dump for the Greens

You think more FZRA than IP Sunday? And assume it's all going to freeze up for Saturday? Wonderful.

Thanks for the perspective Just about every model shows a 10-15"+ storm for the Southern Greens which in a vacuum would be awesome... hate having to sweat these details. I only get a few weekend trips a year up there (trying to convince the wife for more, but she's lost the love for skiing). I'd also love to ski midweek but that's not easy to do (we pulled the kids out of school the Friday of MLK and had a blast)... the crowds are just insane on these holiday weekends.

Going into this weekend, I was hoping for several things (I'm skiing at Mt. Snow Sat-Mon) - Continuation of no rain to maintain pristine base (FAIL) - If things did get icy (which they will on Friday), snow starting early enough Saturday to soften things up (looking like a FAIL) - An all or mostly snow event (FAIL) - Not having to ski through sleet on Sunday (probable FAIL) - No wind holds Monday (FAIL) If you told me I'd be up there to experience a 9-15" event, you'd think I'd be ecstatic but I'm pretty bummed about how things look to develop. Hoping we get a few more cold tics and perhaps an earlier start Saturday.

Crap, it seems my worst fears are materializing for the weekend, specifically Sat-Mon when I'll be skiing Mt. Snow. After today's FZRA and a cold Friday, expect frozen granular (or could it stay soft-ish?) for Saturday. Also, Saturday's snow looks to break out too late to help conditions. Sunday looks like a sleetfest which is quite unpleasant to ski in. Maybe there's some time to get this colder? Monday looks frigid and quite windy so I'd expect wind holds.

Maybe if you squint?

Yep, 0Z even better Can we get all snow down to Mt Snow? GFS and CMC print 12+ throughout the Greens

Icon maybe a smidge colder

I realize it's complete puppy piss as a model but may be onto something given the CMC is flatter and the GFS just came in significantly colder, less amped, with a decent secondary forming in time for Pike North.